Great Theatrical Disasters by Gyles Brandreth

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Amusing and tragic. Falling asleep, walking out, hurtling off, landing on, shouted down, knocked out. 

My heart goes out to the actress who had to hand over a newborn lamb; the show was so successful that by the end she was hefting a full grown sheep and fell over. My heart also bleeds for the gravedigger in Hamlet who was accidentally locked in the coffin with Ophelia.